Shin Lim

the audiences they don't give a crap about like oh you've oh this move is really hard oh we don't care like you know like it's it's a different a different way of looking at it and and it does make you better actually i think that's just asian mindset in general honestly yeah it is they're all like nothing's ever good enough like you get an a nah you need an a plus yeah you know like that's how my parents were when i was growing up same

Yeah, it gives you like discipline and it really makes you always strive to be the best at whatever you're doing and to be grateful for what you have.

And I think that's not a bad thing.

I think so.

Yeah.

I think I started as a pianist before I was a magician.

And so that kind of discipline with like practicing like eight hours a day, uh, kind of transferred over to, to card magic.

Yeah.

Um, because I would do the same with piano.

I make sure I get my scales down, and then I have to make sure that I know this song by heart before I perform it at a recital.

So I kind of took that same regimen, moved over to magic, and it was pretty... I found magic's actually easier than piano, in terms of dexterity, yes.

But magic has different aspects to it.

There's misdirection, you have to master that, and then you've got to master psychology, and then you've got to master...

camera movement now with media.

There's so many other aspects to magic that are important too.

I never really got gigs.

I performed at a bunch of recitals and then competitions too.

I had won some competitions and then got a scholarship to university.

For piano?

For piano.